
Educational Longitudinal Survey (ELS), 2002
The Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS :2002) is designed to monitor the transition of a national sample of young people as they progress from tenth grade through high school and on to post-secondary education and/or the world of work.
As a longitudinal study, ELS: 2002 follows a nationally representative cohort of students from the time they were high school sophomores through the rest of their high school careers.